KUALA LUMPUR: Police have identified four locations plied by prostitutes offering cheap services here.
City police chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said they were monitoring Jalan Petaling, Jalan Gelang, Jalan Pudu as well as a hotel in the Pudu area.
"Our vision is to eradicate prostitution and I personally do not want to see such services being offered by the roadside in the city.
"We will take continuous action at these locations as well as others identified," he told reporters at a press conference today.
He said police have conducted 409 raids in Kuala Lumpur since Jan this year which led to 1,691 arrests.
"We successfully prosecuted 86.06 percent of these cases.
"Our checks revealed that prostitutes were offering their services for as low as RM50," he said.
Harian Metro had recently exposed the raft of prostitution activities around Pudu.
They also reported that the prostitutes were offering their services at a food court along Jalan Gelang and Jalan Kalong.
These locations were raided by police, with 27 arrests made.
